GENERAL INDEX 



343 



Fecal residues. See Human and animal 



wastes 

 Fertilizer 



effect on microbial population, 8, 27 



use for disease control, 255 

 Filter method of testing antagonistic 



action, 61-62 

 Flavatin, 77, 157, i8l 

 Flavicidin, 157, 181 

 Flavicin, 67, 132, 135, 179, 181, 270 



chemical nature, 157, 160 



effect on bacteria, 125 



toxicity, 161 

 Flax blight, 251 

 Flax-sick soils, 1 40 

 Fluorescent bacteria as antagonists, 88- 



89> 93-95 

 Fluorescin, 162 



"Forced antagonism" method of isolat- 

 ing antagonistic microorganisms, 

 56, 59, 186 

 Formulae, structural, of antibiotic sub- 

 stances, 164 

 Freudenreich's method of testing an- 

 tagonistic action, 61 

 Fumigacin, 67, 183-184, 270 

 antiluminescent activity, 77 

 chemical nature, 133, 158, 1 60 

 compared with clavacin, 192 

 crystals, 133, 158, Fig. 18 (p. 170) 

 effect on bacteria, 77, 125, 134, 161, 

 207 

 by species, 133, 192 

 effect on fungi, 141 

 inactivation, 158 

 medium, 135 

 toxicity, 245 

 Fumigatin, 67, 132-133, 182, 270 

 chemical nature, 53, 133, 158, 1 60, 



161 

 effect on bacteria, 125, 133 

 structural formula, 164 

 Fungi 



agents destructive to, 78, 137, 141, 

 142 

 actinomycetes, 54, 11 3-1 14, 139, 

 141-142 

 ^ bacteria, 63, 87-88, 139-142 

 substance produced by yeast, 63, 

 215 



Fungi {cont.) 



as antagonists, 124-142 



against agents producing plant dis- 

 eases, I 38 

 against bacteria, 124-135 

 against fungi, 63, 135-138 

 against insects and other animal 

 forms, 142, 148-150 

 in fecal matter, 21, 23 

 in soil, I, 6, 8, 9-10, 137, 247 

 lysis of, 140 

 pathogenic to plants, control of, 256- 



258 

 relation to protozoa, 1 46 

 substances produced by, 175-185 

 Fungicidal, defined, 271 

 Fungistatic, defined, 271 

 Fungus infections 

 of animals, 17 

 of human skin, 243 



Gangrene, 28-29, 131, 225, 230 



Garbage disposal, 26 



Gigantic acid, 132, 157, 181, 270 



Gliotoxin, 69, 135, 184-185, 270 

 antiluminescent activity, 77 

 chemical nature, 53, 133, 158, 160 

 compared with chemical substances, 



70 

 crystals, 133, Fig. 18 (p. i 70) 

 effect on bacteria, 77, 125, 195, 207 



by species, 70, 133 

 effect on fungi, 138, 141 

 medium, i 35 

 toxicity, 245 



Glucose-dehydrogenase, 206 



Glucose-oxidase, 1 79, 197 



Gonorrhea, treatment with penicillin, 



233-234 

 Gramicidin, 1 67-1 70, 270 

 antiluminescent activity, 77 

 chemical nature, 53, 158, 160, 161, 



216 

 compared with chemical substances, 



70, 189 

 compared with penicillin, 192, 203 

 compared with tyrocidine, 192 

 crystals. Fig. 18 (p. 170) 



